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Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning, is allowed to remain in the military and undergo sex reassignment procedures under a directive issued last year by Obama administration Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. (Associated Press/File)

James Mattis faces transgender decision for military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) looked toward the northern town of Tabqa, Syria, where the city, its dam and its airfield were the coalition objectives this spring. The battle served as an example of how delegations of authority made a difference in speed of execution. (Associated Press/File)

Pentagon: US shoots down Syrian aircraft for first time

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis said Wednesday, June 14, 2017, he can now set U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan after receiving the authority from President Donald Trump. It’s a break from past practice that Mattis said will enable him to more effectively manage the war effort. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump hands to Pentagon troop level decisions on Afghanistan

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday June 13, 2017, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Pentagon's budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

James Mattis, Rex Tillerson face heat over aid cuts, Russia policy

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Defense Under Secretary and Chief Financial Office David Norquist, listen to a question as they testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the FY'18 defense budget, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jim Mattis “shocked” by poor state combat readiness of military

Associated Press

Conservatives were hoping official LGBT gatherings would be scaled back at the Pentagon in favor of more talk about combat readiness, not constant social change within the ranks. (Associated Press/File)

Pentagon’s LGBT pride ceremony disappoints conservatives

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Beijing lashes out over Pentagon report on Chinese military

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this Saturday, June 3, 2017, photo released Monday, June 5, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Megyn Kelly during an interview with NBC's &quot;Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly&quot; in St. Petersburg, Russia. Putin says claims about Russian involvement in U.S. elections are untrue, and says the United States actively interferes with elections in other countries. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Inside the Ring: Russian test advances high-speed missile

By Bill Gertz

An rocket designed to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missiles is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The Pentagon says it has shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific in a success for America's missile defense program. The test was the first of its kind in nearly three years. And it was the first test ever targeting an intercontinental-range missile like North Korea is developing. (Matt Hartman via AP)

Pentagon missile defense program scores direct hit

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

An rocket designed to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missiles is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The Pentagon says it has shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific in a success for America's missile defense program. The test was the first of its kind in nearly three years. And it was the first test ever targeting an intercontinental-range missile like North Korea is developing. (Matt Hartman via AP)

Interceptor rocket shoots down ballistic missile in test over Pacific Ocean

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

US starts giving arms to Syrian Kurds ahead of Raqqa assault

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2017, file photo, a U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, is installed on a golf course in Seongju, South Korea. (Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via AP, File)

Pentagon declares success for key test of missile defense

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday May 23, 2017, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group, the Hammurabi's Justice News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a U.S.-backed anti-government Syrian fighter form Maghaweer al-Thawra stands on a vehicle with heavy automatic machine gun, left, next of an American soldier who also stands on his armored vehicle, right, as they take their position at the Syrian-Iraqi crossing border point of At Tanf, south Syria. (Hammurabi's Justice News via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian-backed forces amassing near U.S. training base in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This image made from video of an undated still image broadcasted in a news bulletin on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, by North Korea's KRT shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a missile launch. North Korean state television (KRT) aired on Tuesday video of Kim apparently giving field guidance at the test fire of a Scud-type ballistic missile, which reportedly took place the previous day. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo. (KRT via AP Video)

The Latest: US shoots down mock warhead over Pacific

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2107 file photo people watch a TV news program showing a file image of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. With North Korea’s nuclear missile threat in mind, the Pentagon is planning a missile defense test next week that for the first time will target an intercontinental-range missile. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

US plans test of defense system to shoot down an ICBM

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

A child plays among the ruins of a house in western Mosul on Friday, May 26, 2017, destroyed in a March 17 coalition airstrike that killed more than 100 people. A coalition investigation released on Thursday asserted that the strike had targeted two Islamic State snipers and the destruction had been caused by a large amount of explosives IS militants had placed in the building, a claim disputed by survivors and neighbors. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Iraqis demand ‘justice’ after US probe into Mosul strike

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and BALINT SZLANKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2107 file photo people watch a TV news program showing a file image of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. With North Korea’s nuclear missile threat in mind, the Pentagon is planning a missile defense test next week that for the first time will target an intercontinental-range missile. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Leery of North Korea, US plans first test of ICBM intercept

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump delivers a speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit, at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. From left, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Ivanka Trump, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump exaggerates record while abroad

By CALVIN WOODWARD and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER - Associated Press

In this November 2014 photo, Lawrence J. Reilly Sr., a U.S. Navy veteran of World War ll and the Vietnam War, sits in the living room of his home in Syracuse, N.Y. He and his 20-year-old son Lawrence J. Reilly Jr. were serving together on U.S. Navy destroyer Frank E. Evans when the ship was cut in half in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy during joint maneuvers in the South China Sea. Seventy-four sailors died but the Pentagon has rejected a longstanding request from survivors of the disaster to add the names of their fallen comrades to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., saying the accident occurred outside the Vietnam combat zone. (Mike Greenlar/Syracuse Post-Standard via AP)

US refuses to add sailors’ names to Vietnam Memorial

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump greets Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi upon his arrival to the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Thousands of U.S. forces may still be needed for post-ISIS Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times